[css3-page] LCWD issue 22 -- [22] Section 3.3.2 <length>

Ernest, 
> 
> Why does the page context have no notion of fonts?  Couldn't this be 
> the same as the notion held by ":root" exterior to this @-rule?  Or 

The page context comes before and is independent of content.  You don't want
to specify the width of the page in points.  It's a physical sheet of paper,
better suited to be described in absolute terms. 

Perhaps, Hokum or another CSS WG person can offer a more compelling or
coherent explanation.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Bigelow [mailto:jhb@jhb.boi.hp.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:44 PM
> To: www-style@w3.org; ernestcline@mindspring.com
> Subject: [css3-page] LCWD issue 22 -- [22] Section 3.3.2 <length>
> 
> 
> Thank you for your comment on the CSS3 Paged Media Module, 
> archived in:  
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Dec/0130.html

Your issue, shown below, has been assigned the number 22.
> 
> Why does the page context have no notion of fonts?  Couldn't this be 
> the same as the notion held by ":root" exterior to this @-rule?  Or 
> does this introduce some sort of loop that isn't apparent to me? 
> Granted, specifying page margins with respect to font size may not be 
> a good thing to do most of the time, but I fail to see why it is 
> impossible.
> 

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   -- Jim Bigelow, Editor

Received on Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:24:43 UTC